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Re: Apps are updating without my permission

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Daniel James wrote:
> Piet wrote:
>> I have one app (9292, public transportation). It's in Dutch,
>> but that can't be the problem ;-)).
>> It requires premission to access location and contacts. The
>> latter I don't want, so I've denied that.
>> Now, in the app I can choose a destination address from the
>> contacts. Given the denial I would expect that not to work,
>> but look and behold, it gives all my contacts exactly as if
>> I were using the Contacts app.
> 
> There are two ways for an app to access your contacts. One is 
> to access the contacts directly, the other is to invoke the
> contacts app and ask it for a contact. Denying an app access
> to your contacts does NOT prevent it from invoking the contacts
> app. You then have the option of allowing the contacts app to
> pass the details of a single contact back to the calling app,
> or of closing the app without selecting a contact.

Thanks. That explains the look & feel of what happens. Invoking
the contacts app *by explicit user action* and letting him/her
select a specific contact to use prevents the calling app from
copying all contacts directly, otherwise it would be a gaping
security hole.

-p

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Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-29 03:17 +0000
  Re: Apps are updating without my permission nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-28 23:51 -0400
  Re: Apps are updating without my permission Timreason <timreason@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-08-29 09:02 +0100
    Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-29 15:46 -0700
      Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-01 10:34 +0200
        Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-01 18:27 +0000
          Re: Apps are updating without my permission Timreason <timreason@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-09-02 00:10 +0100
            Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-02 09:27 +0200
              Re: Apps are updating without my permission AL <noemail@none.com> - 2016-09-02 09:04 -0700
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:26 +0000
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-03 09:55 +0200
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission AL <noemail@none.invalid.com> - 2016-09-03 01:13 -0700
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-09-05 16:53 +0100
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-08 11:39 +0200
              Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:26 +0000

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